Service difficulty report · Skin · Boeing 757222

Difficulty date
March 21, 2007
Submitted
March 27, 2007
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N594UA
Make and model
Boeing 757222
Aircraft serial
28145
Aircraft time
34,939 hours, 12,834 cycles
Engine
Pwa PW2037
Part
Skin
Condition
Damaged
Location
Fuselage
Stage of operation
IN
How discovered
V
Nature of condition
O
Precautionary procedure
K

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

DURING DEPARTURE A/C OVER-ROTATED STRIKING THE RUNWAY AT BS 1715-1787. AFT SKIN PANEL & FWD SKIN PANEL ABRAIDED 100 PERCENT AT STA 1720. STA 1720 FWD CHORD & AFT CHORD WERE ABRAIDED AT LEAST 30 PERCENT, AND THE AFT PRESSURE BULKHEAD LWR WEB WAS FOUND BUCKLED COMMON TO STA 1720 FWD & AFT CHORDS. [06-14-07] MAJOR REPAIR ACCOMPLISHED. CHORD REPAIRS 3 EA ARE PERMANENT REPAIRS, AFT SKIN REPLACEMENT WAS A PERMANENT REPAIR. FORWARD SKIN REPAIR WAS CATEGORY B INTERIM REPAIR PER UA ENGINEERING SPECIFICATIONS.